Marine nano- and microphytoplankton diversity: Redrawing global patterns from sampling-standardized data

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 527-538

  Rodríguez Ramos, Tamara ^a   Marañón, Emilio ^a   Cermeño, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Latitudinal diversity gradient; Marine phytoplankton; Productivity diversity relationship; Sampling effort standardization; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; DISPERSAL; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RECOLONIZATION; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STANDARDIZATION;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84926257094     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12274     Document Type: Article

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